Our switches were aging, and lacked a lot of features we could use now and in the future. I decided to go all-in with Ubiquiti.

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For years our network was set up using HP switches; a mix of the 1800-24G and 1810-24G, with a 2530-24G added as well. They worked well for years. However, with a total of 8 and each model's interface different (which made things like VLANs a bit of a pain) it wasn't the best setup. Futhermore, they lack POE, STP, 802.1x, and many more important features. They were also a bottleneck - our workload was frequently overwhelming the gigabit uplinks.

I set out to find something that would have 10GbE uplinks, the above features, and more. I've used Ubiquiti access points for years and recently purchased their 8-port switch for home, so I was familiar with the products. That plus the price quickly led me to consider their switches. I ultimately settled on four of the US-48-500, and a US-16-XG to connect them all.

When they were received, I got them connected and quickly adopted by my controller. After that it was a matter of getting each one configured and replacing switches. Since I went from 24 port to 48 port switches, each Unifi switch replaced two HP's. Over the course of a week old switches were removed and the new ones connected. DAC cables were used to connect the US-48's to the XG, and fiber transceivers to connect the XG to an existing Netgear 10Gb switch.

The result is now I have (almost) all my switches in one controller, and can easily manage settings for them all. The uplinks between them are far faster, and I have POE everywhere, which will be great for an upcoming phone replacement.